SULLIVAN REPUBLICAN
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. XIII.
A St. Louis court has ruled that an
engaged girl has an insurablo interest
in the life of her fiance.
Gladstono said reoontly that ho was
too old to~ha'Voua opinion on tho
new woman. Ilis "ideal woman had
not altered in tho last three scoro
•ears and ten."
It lias been recently calculated that
during tho eighteen years ending with
June 30, 1800, no fewer than 182G per
sons wero killed in cyclonos in tho
United States.
Tho Kansas City Journal observes,
facetiously : I'ooplo seldom kill them
selves in the city of Biooklyn. When
they get tired of life they simply quit
dodging trolley cars.
"The craze over roller skates somu
years ago is nowhere Uear so sweepiug
and widespread in its effects as iho
present craze over tho bicycle," main
tains the Chicago Record.
A society for iho suppression of
scandal Ims just been started at luster
burg, in East Prussia. Every scanda
lous story spread in tho town will bo
traced uud tho originator prosecuted
by the society.
The New Oilcans Picayune is aston
ished because Henry W. Rail, of New
York, has been sentenced to prison for
n year for shooting himself, and tho
same day, in the saino city, a woman,
who had tried to murder her husband,
was discharged.
Two reasons given in tho New York
Sun for tho falling off iu tho receipts
at Monte Carlo are tho financial strin
gency in tho United States and in
Italy.—the Nations thai, spent most
money at tho tables—and tho rise of
Cairo as a winter resort.
Tho bicycle has had a serious effect
on rents in Chicago, claims tho Now
Orleans Picayune. Clerks and peoplo
of moderate means find that they can
get to their business as early and as
easily from a distant suburb, and can
save in the rent more than tho cost of
tho wheel.
An international monument to ner
mann von llelmholtz is to be erected
in Berlin. It promises, remarks tho
Washington Star, to bo a unique mem
orial, for the money with which it will
bo purchased is being contributed by
Germany, France, England, Italy,
Russia and tho United States, Science
knows no nationality.
Ono of tho great blessings which
will undoubtedly result from tho war
in tho East is that China will be
opened to tho trade of the world. Mr.
Denby, United States Minister ut Pe
kin, in a lato report, prodiets that
Japan, in making a treaty with China
will, to a great extent, endeavor to
rcmovo many restrictions now exist
ing on foreign trade.
Miss Estello Clayton, an enterpris
ing New York actress, is trying to have
from acting
tho part of TrTiTiy with bare feet,
avers The Pathfinder. She says she has
a copyright on baro feet on the stage.
In that case the law requires her to
send two specimens to bo filed in the
Library of Congress. What's to be
done? There is no provision for stor
ing baro feet in the Congressional Li
brary.
Tho growth of cotton mills in the
South has increased nearly 100 per
cent, in five years. The total number
of spindles in operation in 1835 was
3,001,340, against 1,639,082 in 1890,
and the number of looms in operation
in 1895 was 70,87-1, against 38,865 in
1890. It is said that Now England
manufacturers, who represent 1,500,-
000 spindles, havo recently been inves
tigating tho advantages of the South
for cotton manufacture.
There havo been few deaths of Cab
inet officers since the war, Mr. Ores
ham being only the fourth to die in
all that time. General John A. Raw.
lins, who was Secretary of War under
President Grant, died whilo still in
Bervico. Charles J. Folger, who
Secretary of tho Treasury under Ar
thur, died iu 1884, and William Win
clom died in 1891, after making a
speech at tho Cliambei of Commerce
banquet at Delmonico's. At that time
be was Secretary of tho Treasury in
Harrison's Cabinet. Mr. Grcsham is
tho fourth Secretary of State to die in
service. Tho others wero Hugh S.
Legare, who died in 184:3 whilo Acting
Secretary of State under Tyler; Abel
P. Upshur, who followed him in tho
»;ame Cubinet, and to ho was killed by
the explosion oi' a gun on board tho
war vessel Princeton, and Daniel Web
ster, who fts iho tinio of hid death was
Secretary 'it v'ate in I''illinovc's Cabi
net.
WHEN THE MERCURY RISES.
Tlio man whoso rule It is to tnko
The weather as it oomes.
Without a word of fus.-i, finds Ufa
A pudding full of plums.
Ho doesn't earo how low or higU
Tho mercury has got,
And even when it's mid-July,
He h.irdly knows it's hot.
Hut he who, when the mercury
Goes up to eighty-five,
Makes such a fuss that every ono
ltogrets that lie's alivo,
Thus makes himself unhappier
Than lie was meant to be,
And feels tho heat at seventy-two
As if 'twero ninety-three.
£)o take a warning from the?o lines-*
It's good advice, though free—
And when tho hot days really eomo
Don't watch tho mercury.
Just go about your daily tasks
Hfgardloss of tho heat,
And you will find that every day
Your life will grow more sweet.
Somervillo (Mass.) Journal.
HOW TOM RAISED THE WIND
-—. t by his
. haggard looks
fr and the monoto
nous way in
, which ho was pac
ing up and down
tho room, the
Hon. Robort
Spenceley was
evidently under
tho influence of
a serious mental
depression when his particular chum,
Tom Langton, favored him with a
morning call.
"Halloa! What's up, Bob? By
Jove, you are looking seedy."
Tho Hon. Robert stopped in his
purposeless walk, languidly extended
his ' arm, lightly touched tho tips of
his frieud's lingers, and heaved a deep
and bitter sigh.
"Are you ill, chappie, or has the
peerless, patrician Penelope—"
"Sit down, Tom. The fact is, I've
been a fool."
"And how did you discover it?"
"Well, as you know, I've been
mixed up a bit with Lord Temptown
and his set. Jolly fellows, but in
clined togo tho pace a bit too fast.
Hang mo if I can say 'No' to anything
that they propose, and the upshot of
it all is that in two nights I have lost
upward of £3OOO playing cards at the
Junior Aborigines—ut least, that's tho
amouut they hold my I O U'e for."
"What confoundedly bad luck you
must have Wod!"
"I posted down to the family nest
yesterday, laid the wholo affair beforo
tho governor, and vowed that I would
never touch a card again if ho would
help mo out of this scrape."
"And has he refused?"
"Point blank. Ho reminded me
that on several occasions ho had paid
off my legitimate debts—small in com
parison to this one—but he considered
playing cards for high stakes so out
rageously foolish that he could not
and would not help mo. I told him
they were debts of honor, but ho said
it was a most dishonorable way either
of making or gotting rid of money."
"In conclusion, ho told mo that as
it was most desirable that I should
break off from this connection, he
proposed to [reduce my allowanco to
£SOO for ono year, during which time
I am to travel and see as much of tho
world as I can on a paltry £lO a
week."
"And what did you say?"
"What could 1 say? I have no
ehoico in tho matter. I have mado
up my mind that I will not goto
money-lenders, and so I must get
these fellows to wait until I can ro
deem my paper."
"Look hero, old chap. I'll come
with you for a time, and we'll go in
for a walking tour."
"Tom, you aro a brick, Let tis
start this week."
Three months had elapsed since
Robert Sponceley's departure, during
which period frequout communications
—each bearing expressions of regrot
for the past and promises for tho fu
ture —kept Lord Methwick fully ac
quainted with his son's doings. Tho
absent ono seemed to be thoroughly
enjoying himself, judging from" his
graphic descriptions of tho scenery
and incidents of tho walking tour.
Then the letters ceased altogether.
Several times lately tho doubt had
arisen in Lord Metliwick's mind as to
whether ho had not been too sovere,
remembering that his son had hitherto
borno an irreproachable character,
evincing a deep dislike to all tho
worser forms of dissipation, and thero
was no doubt that this unfortunato af
fair at the Junior Aborigines was not
tho result of inherent or newly-ac
quired viciousness, but rather 4 brought
about by a falso position, in which,
surrottnded by companions of wealth
and repute, ho had been led away by
tho excitement and his inability to say
"No."
Now that no news camo from him,
his father's resolution rapidly gave
way under the disquieting influence
of foreboding and tho continuous en
treaties of his mother, until at last I\is
recall was decided upon so soon as the
next intimation of his address should
arrive. The next letter did disclose
his whereabouts, and this was the—
thunderbolt:
"Most Illustrious Signor—Tho soil
of your Excellency is doing us tho
honor to condescend onr humble hos
pitality to partake and has to us your
address given so that wo may impart
his well being. He now his departure
desires, but we would that your illus
trious Excellency to us sending the
sum of pounds 4000 Englischo that
we may be solaced for his loss." Then
foiiowed an address to which a com
munication was to be sent, and the
wiwive concluded; "Any ixMoruation
LAPORTE, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1895.
to tho gendarmes will bo on the son of
your Excellency.
(Signed) "GIUSEITE."
Giuseppe! Tho most noted and
bloodthirsty _ brigand of modern
times, about Whose cruelties and tor
tures so many harrowing tales were
told by travf' ,ts, and npon whose
head a heavy price had been set long
ago.
Lady Methwick piteously besought
her husband to send the money at
once.
"They will kill my darling boy. and
you—you —will have sent him to his
death!"
Her daughters, tho llo'j. Agatha,
Ondine and Clovis, added thoir ago
nized entreaties; indoed so carried
away were they by their feelings that
they actually offered togo without
now hats and dresses for tho next
twelve months, in order to contribute
to the ransom money. But his Lord
ship did not believe in giving way at
once. Doubtless a lesser sum would
bo accepted, and while negotiations
wcro in progress and thcro was a
chance of tho ransom being ultimately
paid, he did not think his son would
bo in any danger. So ho sent an offer
of £2OOO. The reply to this was a curt
refusal, and a postscript added in
Robert Spenceley's handwriting was:
"Father, send soon; feel sure they
will not tako less." But still Lord
Methwick would not give in without
another effort to reduce tho amount,
aud he increased his offer to £2500.
Tho day camo when Giuseppe's re
ply was due, but it did not arrive,
and pent-up anxiety caused his lord
ship two slecplosg nights and two mis
erable, irritablo days. On tho third
morning, among tho contents of the
post-bag was a small parccel, tho hand
writing of tho address of which was
immediately recognized. With trem
bling fingers Lord Methwick tore open
tho package, and there lay disclosed
the bold brigand's staggering reply—
a cardboard box containing a man's
ear packed in sawdust, and insidothe
lid theso words wero scrawled :
"No less than £IOOO. Part of his
Excellency is sent freo ho may
hear your decide which wasfiual."
In after years that day always re
mained impressed with startling vivid
ness on his Lordship's memory. What
with his wife's continual fainting fits ;
his threo daughters in consecutive
hysterics, their conscious intervals be
ing employod in upbraiding him in
such severe terms that one would have
thought that tho poor man had him
self cut his son's ear off; his own
incutul anguish us ho remembered that
tho future head of his house would
never be ablo to hear both sides; the
horrid possibility of gotting tho wan
doror back for nothing—a piece at a
time; and the fcur that at that mo
ment further tortures might be in
courso of infliction—ho often mar
velled, not only that he survivod it, but
that reason did not altogether forsako
her tottering throne.
Aud tho climax was reached whon,
in tho softening shados of twilight,
Lady Methwick and her threo daugh
ters, dressed iu black, went in solemn
procossion to a distant part of the
grounds, where, beside a rippling
stream and beneath a spreading tree,
the gardener had already dug a gravo.
There, with fresh bursts of tears and
passionato sobs, tho box of sawdust
with its precious freight olomnly
buried, and a cairn built over and
about its resting place.
The outgoing evening mail oarriod
two letters, ono to tho brigands agree
ing to thoir terms, aud the other to a
friend of tho family, who happened to
bo a Consul in the near neighborhood,
inclosing a draft for £4OOO, and beg
ging him to put himself in instant
communication with Giuseppo, and
obtain tho captive's release.
Tho Consul did as ho was desired,
and, in compliance with instructions
from tho robber band, who wero evi
dently taking overy preoaution against
being trappod, proceeded alone ono
evening carrying a parcel of 4000 s v
ereigus to an indicated spot on tho out
skirts of a forest. Hero ho was mot by
a sunburnt, black-bearded giant, pic
turesquely attired in his native dress,
who carried a rifle, while a couple of
revolvers and a poniard adorned his
sash. Motioning to tho Consul to fol
low him, ho proceeded but a few paces
into tho forest, then halted and blew a
long, low, peculiar whistlo on his fin
gors.
Approaching footsteps were imme
diately heard, and thero emerged from
among the trees tho whilom prisoner,
alone. As he ranged up to the sido of
his deliverer tho gold wus handed over,
carefully couuted, and then, with a
low bow, the robber turned on his
heel, at ouco disappeared, TV-'.hout
having uttered a wtord, and tho Consul
and his purchase were free to depart.
Methwick Hall was ablaze with light
on tho evening of the hoir's return to
his ancestral homo. Tho female por
tion of the family had spent tho day
in alternately laughing ind orying for
joy, and were now in a state of intense
excitement, anxiously awaiting tho re
turn of the oarriage from tho station.
Presently tho sound of wheels was
heard drawing up to the door, and
mother and sisters rushing out, fell
upon Robert, hugged him and kissed
him and half dragged, half carried him
into the house, but it was not until
after they had been for some time as
sembled iu t'.o library aat there
flashed their minds the remem
branco of that horror that lay buried
beside tho stream. His mother first
made the disco rory.
"Why, ltobert, you have two ears!"
"Two ears, mother? Have I not
always had two i"
"But wc buriea >ne of them." 9
The Hon. ltobert was evidently in
the dark, and when they explained ho
declared (truthfully) that he knew
nothing about it. Asa word painter
be proved a dccidod failure, consider
ing the adventures which they expect
ed him recount. Ho had nothing to
relate, simply monotony waiting for
the ransom, and, no matter how they
plied him with questions, he eould tell
them nothing of the doings of tho
gang, for he said he never saw any of
them except tho one who had him in
charge.
A few days after his return, pleading
the necessity of a visit to a West End
tailor, he traveled to London, after re*
ceiving strict injunctions and giving a
promise to shun his old haunts and
companions. Arrived in town he at
once proceeded to Tom Langton's
chambers, and his first words to his
chum were:
"I say, Tom, what about that ear,
and why wasn't I told of it?"
"Well, I thought you might objeot,
and as it was desirable to bring things
to a climax, I got it from the discct
ing room at tho hospital through a stu
dent."
"It took me quite by surprise whon
they accused mo of having two ears,
and told me they had buried ono of
them. But how about the money?"
"I have told tho fellows that you
have negotiated a loan and empowered
me to pay your debts. Hero are the 1
O U's that I have bought up, and the
total amount is about £299G, The
romaining £1004;—"
"You will pleaso keep for yourself
as arrangod, for the double purpose cf
paying you for your trouble and buy
ing your perpetual silenoe."
"Thanks," old chap. I will be si
lent as the grave; but, I say, I had a
difficulty in keeping silence when we
had Her Majesty's Consul in the for
est. I never wanted to laugh so muoh
beforo."—London Tit-Bits.
Dog Whips Catamount.
Thero was an exciting fight last
night between Tige, a brindle buldog,
owned by a Portsmouth man, and a
catamount, owned by a Bracken Coun
ty (Ky.) farmer.
Tho scene was in a barn near La
tonia Springs and tho amount bet was
SIOO. The announcement of the fight
drew a crowd of about 200 people
from this oity and across tho river.
Tho catamouut was confined in a
cage about twelve feet long and six
wide in the confer of tho barn. The
catamount was driven to oue o*d of
tho cage and then tho dug was thrown
in. At first neither made a move.
Tho dog, after eyeing tho cata
mount somo moments, finally jumpod
at it and secure ' a hold on its nock.
This started the fight on in earnest
and both fought viciously.
Several times the catamount shook
tho dog off, but finally the brindle
fastenod its fangs in tho catamount's
neck and held on. After a ton min
utes' strugglo tho catamount suc
cumbed aud was taken out of tho cage,
dead. Tho dog was badly scratched
about tho hcud, but iiot seriously
hurt.
The result was not what tbo sports
hail expectod, and considorablo monojr
was lost. Many thought tho cata
mount would make short work of the
dog, and wero disappointed, as it only
acted .on the defensive. Tho dog
weighed thirty-two pounds and the
catamount twenty-two pounds.—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Mustaches Proscribed.
It is tho rule at tho well-knowu
banking house of Coutts k Co., Strand,
London, that noue of tho bank clerks
are to wear mustaches, and it has long
been considered a point of busineiu
etiquette that all the gentlomen em
ployed at the bank should wear frock
coats during business hours. A clerk
ship at Messrs. Coutts's is considered
ono of tho prizes in the banking pro
fession.
Somo of tho men are university
graduates, many havo been educated
at ono of th'i great public schools,
whilo several aave been called to tho
Euglish bar. Some years ago an at
tempt was made to havo tho unwiitten
law regarding mustaches rescinded,
but it was found that a greater num
ber proftf rod th_ .d custom to re
main inporco than wero in favor of
its abolition.
This curious custom is also said to
prevail in somo of tho largo tea houses
of tho city, whilo it is well known
that some Church of England bishops
profer-tho curates under +hcir charge
to bo clean shaven. A who tried
about throo years ago to enforce a
shaven face on the in bor em
ployment, and dismissed him IU once
■'ccauso ho rofusod compliu' o with
• order, found that tho law gave her
no suoh power, ond was mulcted in
£5 for wrongful dismissal and the
costs of the action by the Judge of the
Bedford County Court. —Tit-Bits.
Happy Idea to Banish Tramps.
Daniol Dolobran, the contractor
who is buildir tho new public sohool
at Flobertsto* J, Conn., has hit on a
happy idea for keeping tramps off his
grounds at night. His "Beware of
the Dogs" signs hiwe been sufficient
warning for tho daylight hoirs, but,
not being vißiblo after dark, ho has
been annoyed by intruders who have
slept in his barn and appropriated his
poultry. He now has four saoh signs
painted with phosphorescent paint
and -hey gleam their warning so ef
fectually that he has not been both
er '1 since he hung them out.—New
York Mail and Express.
A Strange Tillage.
At Tebessa, in Algeria, near tho Tu
nis frontier, a strange megalithio vil
lage has been discovered. At the foot
of a shell limestone cliff, half a mile
from the jihosphate mines, are many
large boulders, from thirty-five to
forty feet inciroumferenoe, whioh have
fallen from tho cliff. These were hol
lowed into rooms about seven feat
square, and openings cut ia the rook
for windows and doors. As mega
lithio tombs, large slabs supported ou
upright stones,are near by, it isprob*-
I ble that those little rooms wero uscu
las dwnllings an 3 not as burial places.
I New York SUB,
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ABB TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
The Embarrassing Moment—Hardly
True A Passive Instrument-
Scenes of Warfare, Etc., Etc.
There are times when man would be alouo,
Far from the maddening crowd,
Where he his privacy ean own
And think his thoughts oat loud.
One of these times, without a doubt,
Is when he first bestrides
A bike, and neighbors all come out
To see how well he rides.
—Kansas City Journal.
fe*
A PASSIVE INSTRUMENT.
Father—"Tommy, stop pulling that
cat's tail."
Tommy—"l'm only holding the tail,
the cat's pulling it."—Life.
HARDLY TRUE.
Father—"My son, no man ever ac
complished much who talked at his
work."
Son—"How about a law yer, dad?"
Detroit Free Press.
RATHER OLD.
Mrs. Progress—"There Mrs.
Fadsby, she is a perfect type of - the',
new woman."
Mr. Progress—"lmpossible. Why
she's sixty-five if she's a day."
HATPY THOUGHT.
She—"Goodness, what shall wo do?
There's pa's step coming down the
stairs!"
He—"l will hide behind one of your
sleeves and ho will never see me."
SCENES OP WARFARE.
Tourist—"What are tho most fa
mous battle-fields of England?"
Guide—"Oh, Flodden Field and
Hastings, and the house in Chelsea
where Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle used to
live. "—Truth,
A CHRONIC MOOD.
The Wife--"You say that mamma
may come to visit us as often as sho
likes?"
Tho Husband-—"Yes, dear, but it
may bo well to remember that she al
ways dislikes. "---Truth. •
NO SLUGGING, V KICKING.
Tho Captain—"G d-mornin', Mr.
Goodman. Would or be umpire ftr
us ter-day?"
Mr. Goodma*— 'Oh, I'm too old,
boys."
Tho Captain—"Dat's jt;st it. Yer uo
old an' feeble dat dor fellers 'ud be
ashamed ter slug yor, an' der wouldn't
bo no kickin'."—Judgo.
ELOPEMENT WITH USUAL FEATURES.
Ho—"And you will elope with mo
to-night?"
Sho—"l will."
He—"What will your p.. Nts do?"
Sh"}—"They will wait untu ye como
back, 'nd then give us their bless
ing."
Ho—'Vrn a little afraid they
won't."
She—"lncßrtfd -they will. They
havo both promised."—New York
Weekly.
HE MOVED.
The quick-witted conductor and tho
financial dudo were both on an Ogdcn
avenue trailer to a Madison street
cable trai" The long coated dude
was occupy . inorothan his fair sharo
of room, and as tho fil ed up tho
conductor undertook t secure room
for another passenge^
"Move up there, g<j "Jic 6aid.
But the dude obje/ o tho abbre
viated term applied .
"Isay, I'm no 'gent.,' ho protested.
"Move up a little, lady," responded
tho coni 1 .ctor, promptly.
Ho moved.—Chicago Post.
ONE WHO DIDN'T KNOW.
First Friend—"Hollo, Jinks, that's
a bad oold you have. Soak your feet
in boiling water and drink a pint of
hot vinegar and molasses. It's a sure
cure."
Second Friend (a few moments later)
—"By Jove, Jinks, you o'ght to do
something for that cold. Take a big
dose of quinine, sure thing every
time."
Third Friend (ten minutes later) —
"I say Jinks, there's no uso coughing
yourself into the grave like that. Get
H bottle of Jano's Hopetoraut—stop it
quioker'n a wink."
Fourth Friend—"Got a bad cold,
havon't you?"
Jinks (after waiting somo time)
"Well, do you know a sure cure?"
Fourth Friend (hoarsely)—" No.
Oot a bad cold myself."—New York
Weekly. >
A LIMITED STOCK.
A member of tho bar was recently
in one of our thriving provincial
towns on bus. >ss. In the hotel he
was accosted b_, a very agreeablo
gentleman, who finally wanted to know
"where he was from."
The legal gentleman, not exactly
relishing the stranger's familiarity,
answered shortly, "From Loudon."
"For what house are you travel
ing?"
"For my own."
"Youarol May I ask your name?"
"You may."
Pause, enjoyable to tho lawyer, em
barrassing to the other.
"Well," desperately, "what is your
name?"
"Dobson."
"What lino ore you in?"
"I don't understand you, sir."
"What ore you selling?" impati
ently.
"Brains!" coolly.
Tho mercantile traveler, looking at
the other from head to foot, said
slowly, "Well, you appear to oarry i»
very small lot of samples."—Tit-Bits.
Terms—sl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months,
THE LIMIT DETERMINED.
EDITOR OP "AMERICAN ECONO
MIST" TALKS ON PROTECTION.
Our Tariff Should Cover the Differ
ence of Cost of' Production—
Wages In This Country Must Be
Protected Agalftst Cheap foreign
Competition—A Strong Case
Clearly Stated.
Will you be kind enough to write on the
following subject: "What Should Determine
tho Limit of Protection far Atqcricnn Indus
tries?" It Is quite a subject and thnro are a
great many opinions. 13. F. MBLLOB.
Bockville, Conn.
This ia an exceedingly interesting
question. According to the princi
ples of tho American Protective Typu
League, tho object of its existence, as
exprcasod in Articlo II of its constitu
tion, is, "by adequate duties upon im
ported products, to protect American
labor, whether agricultural, manufac
turing, mining or comm<uoial, against
the competition of low priced labor in
foreign countries."
All friends cf protection believe that
the American people should not, and
will not, submit to the low stnndnrd of
wages prevailing iD other countries. It
is the desire t>f protectionists to ameli
orate the condition of American labor,
and this can only bo done by exclud
ing from our markets tjAs product? of
cheaper labor. The question then
arises, To what extent or to what de
gree of protection are we prepared to
go?
Wo believe that the limit of protec
tion to American industries should bo
determined by the cost of labor in
similar industries in other countries.
For instance, if certain work in a cer
tain factory costs an American manu
facturer $2 per day, and similar work
in similar faetorit t in Europe oan be
performed for $' or $1.50 per day,
then we believe tV" product of the
American faotory s) 'ld be protected
to the extent of t v dollar, which is
the difference between tho lowest rate
paid abroad and tho rate paid in this
country.
In framing a tariff for proteotion, it
is essential to bear in mind that tho
greatest amount of competition will
naturally come from such countries
as pay tho lowest rate of wagon. If
an article can be mado in England for
a dollar and in Germany for scventy
<ive cents, tho two being of equal
quality, the German artiolo will se
cure the trade and the Atnericau wage
earner must bo proteoted against the
lower Gorman rate. Tho knowledge
of what sttch rates aro should bo iu
the possession o' business men engaged
in different industries. An American
woolen manufacturer should havo re
liable and authoritative data regard
ing the wages paid in other countries
by thoso who are engaged in making
.jilar goods. It may bo true thai
the lower wage paid in othei
countries is, ir some casos, sufficient
for the noedt of those poople to pro
cure the actual necessaries of life, but
wo aro not prepared to ask American
labor to work for a mere existence,
and wo trust that wo never shall be
compelled to do so. The great mass
of our p( }plo wish for prosperity
to their fellow citizens, that they may
earn not only tho actual necessities
but also something in addition that
will enablo theiu to enjoy souio of the
comforts, and. further, to savo money
for their old age. A poorhouso policy
is out of place in tho United States.
In determining the amount of pro
tection necessary to American labor
and American industries other factors
enter into consideration. The inter
est on the capital employed is higher
here than in Europe. Cheap ocean
freight on the other side will often on
able foreign goods to bo laid down in
our ports for less monoy than similar
Amorican goods could be deliverod
there from our manufacturing towns.
When oar railroads, moreover, give
speoial concessions in freight rates to
foreign goods that aro shipped to our
interior points then onr manufactures
ire still further handicapped.
Thero has iu the past been consid
erable criticism at what is regarded as
the high percentage of protection un
der the M<* T £inley tariff. In some in
itauces, ; is true, tho percentage of
protection was high and necessarily so,
but tho aotual amount of proteotion
was iu no case excessive. The per
centage ia regulated by the cost of
the goods, genera" 7 being higher
where values are lo* ...
In any future tariff for protection
that may bo framed there are some
entirely new consideration to be
borne in mind. The .termination of
the war between China and Japan will
stimulate industrial progress in tho
latter country, whioh Is already rap
idly advancing its mauufacturing in
dustries. But few yeara will elapse
before Japanese goods will be found
in our own and in tho European mar
kets, supplanting such as we have im
aginod it would never be possible to
make excopt hero or iu Europe. Jap
anese cotton and woolen goods of all
kinds will very shortly bo strong com
petitors with our own cottons and
woolens. Russian cotton goods are
Also to be looked for, and now we find
that the cotton industry ia being
planted in China, upon English lines,
no less than ten mills being erected or
equipped there, whioh will, of ooursj,
be worked mainly with Chinese labor.
This is undoubtedly England's ad
vanoe move to offset the progress of
Japanese manufacture. Bat what aite
we doing? We have simply begun to
lower one tariff so as to give the manu
facturers of Eugtaud, of Coutinoutal
Europe, of India, of China and of
Japan greater opportunities and
greater facilities for reaching our mar
ket, which is tho largest and the best
in the world. Wo are inviting for
oign made goods to take tho place of
our goods, inviting foreign cheap
labor to compete with our own labor,
and gradually forcing the Atnerioau
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wage earner to give his capital,' which
is his labor,* on the same terms as
labor that endures a mere existence,
without comfort, without refinement
and without rogard to its future con
dition. ■ ■'
The total American consumption of
our own manufactured goods, of onr
favm products and the foreign goods
which wo imported in 1890 reached
nearly twelve billions of dollar-i. The
total foreign imports of all other coun
tries iu the world, representing those
foreign markets, aggregate, u little
more thuu seven aud a half trillions of
dollaM. / Our owu home market is
worth to ufi nearly four and a half bill
ions of dollars a year more than the
foreign trade of all other markets of
the world, oven i* wo could hope to se
cure tho whole of it.' Tho policy of
free trade is to throw our greater and
better market x>pen to cheap labor
competition und to pauperizo our
wage earners. Tho policy of proteo
tion is to prevent this.
CHARLES R. BITOKLAND,
Editor American Economist.
A htinly lit Black and While.
McKiuley Captured an Industry.
"I believe," said McKinley, "that
with proteotion in America we oan
capture tho business of raising and
manufacturing all our linen, just as
we havo capturod the nail, tin, chic
ory, silk and carpet industries, and
make nil of those things in the end
cheaper for our people. 1 would
agree to have t.ie Belfast linen manu
factories in this country in two years,
and Minnesota covered with flax in
placo of cheap wheat, if I could dic
tate tho policy. I think that 525,000,-
000 a year saved to tho United States
on linen is worth trying for, and
proper protection would do it."
Mr. Dana tells mo that ho raises
chicory in his famous garden at
Flushing and uses the green tops for
salad.
Now comos tho news from Nebraska
that tho Stato is so delight*' "''tli the
protoctivo policy which brought A
groat industry into their State that
the Legislature has added a bounty on
both ohioory aud sugar.
The million dollar beet sugar plant
at Norfolk has been found large enough
to manufacture their great North
Platto beet crop into sugar, and now
i '-ey aro turning the great Grand
tsu. \ sugar house into a ohioory fac
tory. Millions of bushols of oorn and
wheat will go out of Nebraska and, by
and by, thanks to proteotion, the
farmer will got a better prioe for
wheat. How much wiser is such a
policy than tho policy of killing an
industry. With the tarid on wool,
sheep were going all over Dakota and
Minnesota taking out wheat and en
riching the worn out land. Now sheep
aro being killed, the industry de
stroyed and $25,000,000 annually will
goto Asia for wool. * '
Let us bo glad that the new industry
of chicory has escaped Mr. Wilson's
poisoned arrow. Er.r PERKINS.
Free 1 'ude's *'<•-" aid.
Southern Experience Teaches.
Tho advocates of protection have
madedeeidod gains iu the earnest popu
lar discussions of tho tariff question
covering a period of two or three
years last passed. I have witnessed
the changes, and kuow of the truth of
the statement I make. In view of this
growing soutimout, fostered by the
industrial development of tho South
on every hand, the tariff reformers,
the political heirs of the former fret
traders of the South, ara now pro
claiming everywhere that the finan
cial issue is tho ouly one before tta
country, that tho tariff is no longer an
issue—that was settled, they olaimi
for years to coruo by the last Con
gress—and tho only lire issue it
"sound money" or free ooinago 'of
silver, and this issue is given un<|no
prominence iu order to divert attoifc*-,
tion from the tariff an 1 tho benefit* of£„
the protoctivo system, whioh in onr.
suction aro understood better thftr
ever before. C. W. BuccfjßT. ■
Montgomery, Ala.
One Shepherd Left.
A man iu New York City is earning
% living iu sheep industry. Be is en
gaged on salary to take care ot a flook
af sheep which has been plaoed in Cen
tral Park a*t curiositiofc —Journal,
Sioux City, lowa.